Achalinus rufescens

Achalinus rufescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xenodermoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Xenodermoidea

Familia: Xenodermidae
Genus: Achalinus
Species: Achalinus rufescens

Name

Achalinus rufescens Boulenger, 1888: 43.

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.12.37, unsexed, collected by C. Ford Esq. between 1882-1888.

• Type locality: "Hongkong" = Hong Kong, China.

Synonymy

• Achalinus meridianus Smith 1923: 200.
• Stoliczkaia kwangsiensis Fan 1931: 44.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1888. Description of two new snakes from Hongkong, and note on the dentition of Hydrophis viperina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) 2(7): 43–44. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 
• Fan, T.-H. 1931. Preliminary report of reptiles from Yaoshan, Kwangsi, China. Bulletin of the Department of Biology, Sun Yatsen University 11: 1–154, 9 pls. Reference page. 
• Smith, M.A. 1923. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians from the island of Hainan. Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam. 6(2):195-212. Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.T., Pham, A.V., van Schingen, M., Nguyen, T.T. & Le, M.D. 2019. Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4590(2): 249–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.2.3 . Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Achalinus rufescens. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 September 2019.
• Jiang, J., Lau, M.W.N. & Wang, Y. 2012. IUCN: Achalinus rufescens  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192099A2039663. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192099A2039663.en

Vernacular names

English: Boulenger's Odd-scaled Snake